First, they arrested the civil and political activists. Then they arrested the lawyers representing those activists. Then, they arrested the lawyers defending the imprisoned lawyers. Then, when there were no more lawyers left to defend the civil and political activists, they took steps towards taking over the Bar Association.
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The “End of Stoning”: Islamic Republic Style
Huffington Post – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran in his latest report, published on March 7th, welcomed the omission of stoning as a punishment in the newly ratified Islamic Penal Code, but expressed his concern that severe punishments may still be issued at a […]
Pushed Back to Square One
Huffington Post – Two years ago, when Iran’s uprising was still very much in the streets, everyone outside Iran was very much involved with the nuclear business.
The Women Who are Political Prisoners
On Wednesday, lawyer and activist Shadi Sadr spoke about the situation of the women who are political prisoners in Iran: Exactly two years ago today, the largest protesting demonstration of the Iranian people after the 1979 revolution took place between Enghelab or Revolution square and Azadi or Freedom square.